To mark its 35th anniversary, Misplaced Paradise – the seminal debut album by Paradise Misplaced – is being reissued on CD and vinyl with newly remastered audio by Jaime Gomez at Orgone Studios.
This landmark launch from the UK legends of atmospheric demise metallic stands as a defining second within the early improvement of demise/doom, showcasing a darker, extra brooding method than the speed-driven demise metallic of its period.
Shaped in Halifax, West Yorkshire in 1988, Paradise Misplaced rapidly turned pioneers of the gothic demise/doom metallic style. Their second album, Gothic, helped codify the type and solidified their status as innovators throughout the excessive metallic scene.
Early releases on Peaceville Data, together with Gothic and Misplaced Paradise, had been instrumental in establishing the label as the house of British doom, alongside friends like My Dying Bride and Anathema. The band’ s subsequent transfer to Music For Nations helped propel them to worldwide recognition, as their sound regularly developed into extra melodic and accessible territory. Pre-orders can be found right here.
Paradise Misplaced additionally just lately introduced their first new file in 5 years Ascension due out September 19. Ascension‘s album cowl fittingly options the portray The Court docket of Loss of life (1870-1902) by famend British artist George Frederic Watts, which hangs within the Tate Gallery in London.
The portray depicts Loss of life as an enthroned angel flanked by allegorical figures of Silence and Thriller guarding dawn and the star of hope, whereas a warrior surrenders his sword and a duke his coronet, exhibiting that worldly standing provides no safety. The portray’s bleak, prophetic imaginative and prescient embodies Ascension‘s darkish, tormented soundscapes as mournful verses collide with dire, foreboding riffs.
On the file, Paradise Misplaced vocalist Nick Holmes stated: “Ascension is a cavalcade of molten distress, a vigorous sorrow stuffed stroll by means of a depraved world of wonderful triumph and pitiful tragedy.” Pre-orders can be found right here. You may also catch Paradise Misplaced at one in all their many tour dates beneath.
6/7 Berlin, DE Columbiahalle (w/ King Diamond)
6/10 Wiesbaden, DE Schlachthof (w/ King Diamond)
6/11 Tilburg, NL O13 (w/ King Diamond)
6/13 Oberhausen, DE Turbinenhalle (w/ King Diamond)
6/14 Ludwigsburg, DE MHP Enviornment (w/ King Diamond)
6/16 Milan, IT Alcatraz (w/ King Diamond)
6/17 Zurich, CH Komplex 457 (w/ King Diamond)
6/18 Dessel, BE Graspop Metallic Assembly
6/21 Lublin, PL Lublin 2025
6/28 Vana-Vigala, EE Laborious Rock Laager 2025
6/30 Manchester, UK Manchester Academy
7/1 London, UK Roundhouse
7/4 Joensuu, FI Ilovaari Competition 2025
7/6 Sariyer, TR Headbangers’ Weekend 2025
7/10 Malakasa, GR Rockwave Competition 2025
7/17 Málaga, ES Solar and Thunder Competition 2025
7/31 Bergen, NO Past The Gates 2025
8/1 Czaplinek, PL Pol’and’Rock Competition
8/8 Jaroměř, CZ Brutal Assault 2025
8/15 Eindhoven, NL Dynamo Metallic Fest 2025
Paradise Misplaced, Messa, Excessive Parasite & Lacrimas Profundere
10/9 Manchester, UK New Century Corridor
10/10 Wolverhampton, UK KK’s Metal Mill
10/11 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Newcastle College
10/12 Glasgow, UK Glasgow Storage
10/14 Nottingham, UK Rescue Rooms
10/15 Bristol, UK Electrical
10/16 Southampton, UK The 1865
10/17 London, UK Islington Meeting Corridor
10/19 Oignies, FR Tyrant Fest 2025
10/20 Paris, FR Élysée Montmartre
10/21 Lyon, FR La Rayonne
10/23 Köln, DE Reside Music Corridor
10/24 Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU Rockhal
10/25 Dornbirn, AT Conrad Sohm
10/26 Padova, IT Corridor
10/28 Munich, DE Backstage Werk
10/29 Prague, CZ Palc Akropolis
10/30 Zagreb, HR Boogaloo Zagreb
10/31 Vienna, AT Simm Metropolis
11/1 Budapest, HU Dürer Kert
11/3 Geneva, CH PTR/L’Usine
11/4 Nürnberg, DE Z-Bau Biergarten
11/5 Utrecht, NL Pandora
11/6 Antwerpen, BE Trix Corridor
12/13 Bradford, UK Bradford Reside
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